It's been nearly three years since the Seattle Seahawks stunned the New Orleans Saints in the wild-card round of the 2010 postseason.

To refresh your memory, that Seahawks club was the only team in NFL history to reach the playoffs with a losing record (the 1982 strike season notwithstanding). But despite the 7-9 ledger that earned them the NFC West crown that year, the Seahawks handled the Saints (11-5 in 2010) 41-36 with Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard, seismic-inducing "Beast Mode" touchdown run (pictured) serving as the exclamation point.

The takeaway? The Seahawks are very tough to beat at CenturyLink Field. In fact, quarterback Russell Wilson, who was drafted in 2012, is 13-0 in his home stadium.

The Saints are almost as tough at the Louisiana Superdome, where they've won their last 15 games with coach Sean Payton on the sideline.

Whoever wins Monday night's tilt between the visiting Saints (9-2) and Seahawks (10-1) earns the inside track to securing home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs and a seemingly smooth path to Super Bowl XLVIII. The Saints haven't lost a home playoff game in more than two decades. The Seahawks have a 5-1 postseason record in their current building with the lone defeat coming in the 2004 playoffs.

With the bye weeks done, USA TODAY Sports' NFL experts offer their picks on this game and the other 15 matchups on the Week 13 docket: